Kanji
N5 8 strokes Grade 1 freq #950

rain

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

rain ame

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July)
(amount of) rainfall
rainfall; rain
torrential rain; heavy rain
local downpour; severe rain fall
rainy weather
thunderstorm; thundershower
seasonal rain front
wind and rain
rainstorm; storm

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

heavy rain; torrential rainfall
rain water
end of the rainy season
long spell of rain
light rain; drizzle
entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season
signs of rain; threat of rain
rain cloud
roof leak
sliding storm shutter

Example sentences

A heavy rain prevented me from going.

We couldn't go out because of the heavy rain.

The sky is gloomy and gray - a typical rainy-season sky.

The rainy season sets in about the end of June.